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Ballyconnell
Ballyconnell () is a town in County Cavan, Ireland. It is situated on the N87 national secondary road at the junction of four townlands: Annagh, Cullyleenan, Doon (Tomregan) and Derryginny in the parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw. Ballyconnell won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1971 and was also the winner in 1975. According to the 2016 Census, the population of the town was then 1,105 persons, an increase of 4% on the previous 2011 census. Name The earliest surviving mention of the name Ballyconnell is an entry in the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' for the year 1323 A.D., which states "''Rory Mac Mahon, son of the Lord of Oriel, Melaghlin O'Seagannain, and Mac Muldoon, were slain by Cathal O'Rourke at Bel-atha-Chonaill''". Before being named Ballyconnell it was named ''Maigen'' which means 'The Little Plain' with the local ford called which means 'Ford of the Miners'. It was also named Gwyllymsbrook between 1660 and 1702 by its then owner, Thomas Gwyllym. Ballyc ...
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Ballyconnell Bridge
Ballyconnell () is a town in County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is situated on the N87 road (Ireland), N87 national secondary road at the junction of four townlands: Annagh, County Cavan, Annagh, Cullyleenan, Doon (Tomregan) and Derryginny in the parish of Tomregan, Barony (Ireland), Barony of Tullyhaw. Ballyconnell won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1971 and was also the winner in 1975. According to the 2016 Census, the population of the town was then 1,105 persons, an increase of 4% on the previous 2011 census. Name The earliest surviving mention of the name Ballyconnell is an entry in the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' for the year 1323 A.D., which states "''Rory Mac Mahon, son of the Lord of Oriel, Melaghlin O'Seagannain, and Mac Muldoon, were slain by Cathal O'Rourke at Bel-atha-Chonaill''". Before being named Ballyconnell it was named ''Maigen'' which means 'The Little Plain' with the local ford called which means 'Ford of the Miners'. It was also named ...
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Doon (Tomregan)
The townland of Doon () in the civil parish of Tomregan is in the electoral district of Ballyconnell. It is also situated in the barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Doon is bounded on the north by Mucklagh and Rakeelan townlands, on the east by Annagh townland, on the south by Derryginny townland and on the west by Gortoorlan townland. Its chief geographical features are the Shannon-Erne Waterway, mountain streams and some drumlin hills reaching an altitude of above sea-level. The major part of Ballyconnell town is situated in Doon and the townland is traversed by the N87 road (Ireland), the R205 road (Ireland), the L1063 road, Church Street, Main Street, Bridge Street, Preaching House Lane, Mucklagh Lane and the Border Road. The townland covers 125 statute acres, including of water. Etymology The 1609 Ulster Plantation Baronial map spells the name as ''Doone'' and a sub-division as ''Tennegh''. A 1610 grant spells it as ''Downe'' and ''Eannagh''. A 1630 Inquisition spells it a ...
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Cullyleenan
Cullyleenan ( ga, Coill Uí Lionáin, ) is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename 'Coill Uí Lionáin' which means "O’Lenan’s Wood", which possibly belonged to a member of the Uí Lionán family who were a bardic family from County Fermanagh. Alternative meanings that have been suggested are 'Wood of the Fishing-bank' or ''Coill an Líonáin'' meaning 'The Wood of the Gorge'. The 1609 Ulster Plantation map spells the name as ''Colelenan''. A 1610 grant spells it ''Cowlynan''. A 1630 Inquisition spells it ''Cowlynan''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells it as ''Coolelenan'' and the 1659 Down Survey map spells it as ''Colelolan''. A 1666 grant spells it ''Coolonenan alias Colelonan''. William Petty's 1685 map spells it as ''Cololan''. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Cullelinan''. Geography It is bounded on the north by Annagh townland, on the ...
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Derryginny
Derryginny is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename "Doire Goinimhe" which means the 'Oakwood of the Sand', which possibly derives either from the sandbanks which form along the rivers running through it or from the large quarry on its northwest boundary. The 1609 Ulster Plantation Baronial map spells the name as ''Dirrigonie''. A 1610 grant spells it as ''Dirregenny''. The Irish State Papers for 1610 spell it as ''Diroginy''. A 1630 Inquisition spells it as ''Derrogeny''.The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells it as ''Direganny''. The 1659 Down Survey map spells it as ''Derygenny''. The 1663 Hearth Money Rolls spell it as ''Dirigny''. A 1666 grant spells it ''Derrogenny alias Derrygenny''. William Petty's 1685 map spells it as ''Deregeny''. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Dirreginny''. Geography It is bounded on the north by Doon, Tomregan and Gor ...
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Annagh, County Cavan
Annagh is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology On the 1609 Ulster Plantation Baronial map it is split into two townlands named ''Shannaontra'' and ''Shannaititr''. In a 1610 grant they are spelled ''Tanaghyeightra'' and ''Tanaghwotra''. In an Inquisition dated 20 September 1630 the two townlands were spelled ''Townaeiateragh'' and ''Tawnaowteragh''. In the 1652 Commonwealth Survey the spelling was ''Tenaghoghtragh'' and ''Tenaghightragh''. On the Down Survey map of 1655 these townlands were merged into one and it is named ''Annagh''. A 1666 grant spells the names as ''Anagh alias Tannaghyeitragh alias Tannaghowoteragh''. William Petty's 1685 map spells it as ''An''. The usual meaning suggested for the place name is that Annagh is an anglicisation of the Irish language placename "Eanach" which means 'A moor or marsh'. However it is more likely that Annagh is an abbreviation of 'Tannagh' (meaning a pasture) as the older names o ...
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County Cavan
County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the historic Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic territory of East Breifne, East Breffny (''Bréifne''). Cavan County Council is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority for the county, which had a population of 76,176 at the 2016 census. Geography Cavan borders six counties: County Leitrim, Leitrim to the west, County Fermanagh, Fermanagh and County Monaghan, Monaghan to the north, County Meath, Meath to the south-east, County Longford, Longford to the south-west and County Westmeath, Westmeath to the south. Cavan shares a border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. Cavan is the 19th largest of the 32 counties in area and the 25th largest by population. The county is part of the Northern and Western Region, a Nom ...
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Quinn Group
Mannok, formerly the QUINN group, is a business group headquartered in Derrylin, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The group has ventured into cement and concrete products, container glass, general insurance, radiators, plastics, hotels, and real estate. It was formed by Seán Quinn in 1973, developing from a small quarrying operation in Derrylin into a large organization, employing over 8,000 people in various locations throughout Europe. From 2004 the group saw great expansion throughout Europe, with radiator and plastic manufacturing plants in the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain and Slovakia. The group property portfolio also includes hotel and business centres in Poland, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Turkey, and Russia. Its first venture into the cement industry was in 1989. The commissioning of its first container glass plant was in 1998. It acquired the health insurer Bupa Ireland in 2007. On 30 March 2010, following an application by the Central Bank of Ireland, ...
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Aughrim, County Cavan
Aughrim is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename ''Each Druim'' which means 'Horse Hill'. The oldest surviving mention of the name is in the Fiants of Queen Elizabeth I (No. 4813) dated 19 January 1586 where it is spelled ''Augherym''. The 1609 Ulster Plantation map spells the name as ''Aghrim''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells it as ''Aghrom''. The 1659 Down Survey map spells it as ''Agharim''. The 1663 Hearth Money Rolls spell it as ''Aghrym''. William Petty's 1685 map spells it as ''Agharin''. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Aghrim''. Ambrose Leet's 1814 Directory spells the name as ''Aharim''. Geography It is bounded on the north and east by the international border with Fermanagh and Northern Ireland, on the south by Gortawee & Mucklagh townlands and on the west by Snugborough townland. Its chief geographical features are swallow holes, l ...
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Tomregan
Tomregan ( ga, Tuaim Dreagain, ) is a civil parish in the ancient barony of Tullyhaw. The parish straddles the international border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The largest population centre in the parish is Ballyconnell, County Cavan. The total area of the civil parish is 10,600 statute acres. Most of Tomregan's constituent townlands are situated in County Cavan while the remainder lie in County Fermanagh. In the Catholic Church, the ecclesiastical parish of Tomregan was split in the early 18th century, with the County Fermanagh townlands being assigned to the parish of Knockninny while the County Cavan townlands were united with the parish of Kildallan. The townlands The Fermanagh townlands in Tomregan civil parish are- Aghindisert, Carickaleese, Cloncoohy, Derrintony, Derryart, Garvary, Gortahurk, Gortaree, Gortineddan, Gortmullan, Knockadoois, Knockateggal, Tonymore and Ummera. The Cavan townlands in Tomregan civil parish are- Agharaskilly, ...
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Magh Slécht
Magh Slécht (sometimes Anglicised as Moyslaught) is the name of a historic plain in Ireland. It comprises an area of about three square miles (8 km2) situated in the south-eastern part of the Parish of Templeport, Barony (Ireland), Barony of Tullyhaw, in the west of County Cavan. It is bounded on the south by Templeport, Templeport Lough, on the north by Slieve Rushen mountain, on the east by the Shannon–Erne Waterway, and on the west by the River Blackwater, County Cavan, River Blackwater. Magh Slécht formed part of the Province of Connacht until the 16th century when it was made part of the Province of Ulster. It was originally named Magh Senaig (plain of the hill-slope) and under this guise is mentioned in ''The Metrical Dindshenchas'' in the story of the Dagda, Corrgenn and Ailech, wherein it states the Corrgenn travelled from Tara to Lough Foyle in the Inishowen peninsula ''via'' Mag Senaig. In Pre-Christian times the small area where the Crom Cruach idol stood at ...
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Tullyhaw
Tullyhaw ( ga, Teallach Eathach) (which means 'The Territory of Eochaidh', an ancestor of the McGoverns, who lived ) is a Barony in County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. The area has been in constant occupation since pre-4000 BC. Located in the northwest of the county, it has been referred to as Cavan's panhandle. In 1579, East Breifne, then part of Connacht, was made a shire. The shire was named County Cavan ( ga, An Cabhán) after Cavan, the area's main town. The administration remained in the control of the local Irish dynasty and subject to the Brehon and Canon Law. In 1584, Sir John Perrot formed the shire into a county in Ulster. It was subdivided into seven baronies: *two of which were assigned to Sir John O'Reilly and *three to other members of the family; *two remaining, possessed by the septs of ** McKiernan Clan and **McGovern (a.k.a. ''Magauran'') The last one, Tullyhaw, encompassed the mountains bordering on O'Rourke's country, and was left subject t ...
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Conall Cernach
Conall Cernach (modern spelling: Conall Cearnach) is a hero of the Ulaid in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. He had a crooked neck and is said to have always slept with the head of a Connachta, Connachtman under his knee. His epithet is normally translated as "victorious" or "triumphant", although it is an obscure word, and some texts struggle to explain it. Alternative meanings include "angular, having corners", "swollen", or "possessing a dish or receptacle". The original form of the name "Conall" in Ogham inscriptions was ''Cunavalas''. Legendary biography Physical description In the destruction of Da Derga's Hostel, Conall Cernach is described as follows: "I saw a man there in an ornamented dining compartment, who was the fairest of the warriors of Ireland. A fleecy crimson cloak about him. As white as the snow one of the cheeks on him, as freckled-red as the foxglove the other cheek. One of his two eyes is as blue as a hyacinth, as black as a beetle’s back the other ey ...
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